Notice of Decision for an Official Plan Amendment

What: Notice of Decision for an Official Plan Amendment (under Section 22 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended)

When: Approved at the March 26, 2024 Council Meeting

Regarding: Character Study for Former Rand Estate and John Street East (File OPA-01-2024)

What is this?

Town Council for Niagara-on-the-Lake has endorsed the Character Study for the Former Rand Estate and John Street East report and approved Official Plan Amendment #92 (By-law 2024-020) to provide guidance and principles to clearly define the character of the area, concisely articulate character considerations, and provide policy to guide future change. 

The subject area is bound by the Heritage Trail, Charlotte Street, John Street East and in proximity to the urban area boundary in Old Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake (see location map).

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The Official Plan Amendment includes:

Principle 1: Conserve, integrate and maintain significant cultural heritage features.
Principle 2: Protect, enhance and maintain significant natural features and functions.
Principle 3: Ensure cultural and natural heritage features are visible to the public.
Principle 4: Accommodate active transportation connections through the area as part of a system of connected natural and cultural heritage features.
Principle 5: Maintain compatibility and cohesion between distinct places.
Principle 6: Accommodate a mix of housing types and sizes and compatible commercial uses.
Principle 7: Respect the scale and character of existing development in the area and in adjacent neighbourhoods.

The last date for filing a notice of appeal is April 24, 2024.
A notice of appeal: 

1. must be filed with the Town Clerk;
2. must set out the reasons for the appeal; and
3. must be accompanied by the fee required by the Ontario Land Tribunal.

Further notice and appeal eligibility:

Only individuals, corporations or public bodies may appeal decisions in respect of a proposed Official Plan Amendment and/or Zoning By-law Amendment to the Ontario Land Tribunal. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or group on its behalf.

No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal of the decision of Town Council, unless the person or public body, before Town Council made its decision, made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to Town Council, or, in the opinion of the Ontario Land Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Dated at the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, April 4, 2024
Grant Bivol, Town Clerk ([email protected] or 905-468-3266)
Town Hall, 1593 Four Mile Creek Road, P.O. Box 100, Virgil, ON  L0S 1T0